Thankfully, with the hard work of the firebrigade, most of the scaffolding is saved for future generations to enjoy and venerate.
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Seriously, this feels real bad, have been there several times, what a construction (it was).
If there 'needed' to be some major fire, should have been some ugly business skyscraper instead.
And was supposed to be Macron's big night and moment of truth, to adress the population to present all his new plans and grand designs for the future of France... became his big night indeed.
Now, let's wait for some renovation work to start on the Louvres, managing to burn up Mona Lisa would be a worthy continuation.